Improved seamless shoe



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Lette/rs Patent No. 87 ,063, datedFebrua/ry 16, 1869.

To all whom 'it may-(concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. PALMER, of Lynn,

in the conntyof Esser, and State of Massachusetts, have invented en Imprhved Shoe; and I do'hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which 'accompanyyand form part of' this specification, is al description of my invention suicient to enable those skilled in the art to practise it. l

There have lately been introduced into common use, slippers made wholly of librons material, the uppers being formed of cloth or felt, and the soles of similar material, stitched to the uppers,

My invention has' reference to this class of shoes,

but instead of making the `upper and s`ole inv parts,

stitched together, I formA the upper, or upper and sole, in one piece, without anyv seam, by the lprocess of felting; and v My invention consistel iu a felt shoe, the upper, or upper and sole of which are made in one piece, without seam, when the shoe is made of such increased thickness at the sole as shall adapt the sole to the greater wear ithas tonndergo.

The drawings represent a shoe embodying my inventionb v A showing the same in side view, and

B, a cross-section on the 'line x x.

a denotes the upper, and, the sole'of the shoe.

The wool to form the shoe, is first made into a bat, as in forming hats, andl by proper pressure, rolling, and stretching, thisbat is brought tothe form of the shoe, the edgesbf the bat being felted together to bring-the article into the hollow form of a shoe. By these means the shoe is made without any stitching whatever, and without any seam, making, for a felt slipper or shoe, a much stronger, cheaper, and more A easily-.Worn shoe, than can be made by stitching a sole to an upper. Y

In making the bat, the parts entering into the formation of the sole, are felted much thicker than the upper part, as without such increased thickness at the sole, the shoe would be of but little value for wear, for the thinness and flexibility of the sole, if of uniform thickness with the upper, would cause itto wear through very quickly.

I am aware that it is not new to make, of felt, seamless garments of all kinds, and I therefore do not claim a felt shoe broadly.

What I claim as a new article of manufacture, is-

The improved shoe, as herein shown and-described. C. W. PALMER.l v Witnesses:

J. B. CROSBY', Fmors Gou'LD. 

